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<blockquote data-quote="cbcr" data-source="post: 1107659" data-attributes="member: 16303"><p>UG</p><p></p><p>I think that the EPD situation is misleading for many to understand. Simmental, Gelbvieh, Red Angus, Limousin, Maine Anjou and Chianina are all having their evaluations performed by the Simmental Association.</p><p></p><p>With that said, the ASA evaluations is supposed to be a multi-breed evaluation meaning that you should be able to directly compare the EPD of any of these breeds or crosses of bulls to each other equally only on the Simmental Evaluation.</p><p></p><p>Another part of the confusion is that these EPD's still are not comparable to Angus, so a producer will still have to give very strong consideration to what breed or combination of breeds his cows are.</p><p></p><p>As an example the AAR TEN X with ASA has a CED of +17.1 BW -2.9 but with Angus his CED is +8 and BW +.1</p><p></p><p>The Fleckvieh are really some nice animals both the dairy Fleckvieh and the beef Fleckvieh's.</p><p></p><p>Just remember EPDs are a tool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cbcr, post: 1107659, member: 16303"] UG I think that the EPD situation is misleading for many to understand. Simmental, Gelbvieh, Red Angus, Limousin, Maine Anjou and Chianina are all having their evaluations performed by the Simmental Association. With that said, the ASA evaluations is supposed to be a multi-breed evaluation meaning that you should be able to directly compare the EPD of any of these breeds or crosses of bulls to each other equally only on the Simmental Evaluation. Another part of the confusion is that these EPD's still are not comparable to Angus, so a producer will still have to give very strong consideration to what breed or combination of breeds his cows are. As an example the AAR TEN X with ASA has a CED of +17.1 BW -2.9 but with Angus his CED is +8 and BW +.1 The Fleckvieh are really some nice animals both the dairy Fleckvieh and the beef Fleckvieh's. Just remember EPDs are a tool. [/QUOTE]
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